Which returned more over the last year, HYLB or JPHY?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and JPHY +2.1%.

Which is cheaper, HYLB or JPHY?

HYLB is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYLB vs JPHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

HYLB's duration was 2.9 years on May 29, 2026 and JPHY's 2.6 on May 31, 2026; HYLB charges 0.05% to JPHY's 0.45%. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $2.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for JPMorgan Active High Yield ETF.

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HYLB costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; HYLB is 1.4 times larger.

HYLB vs JPHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
	HYLB	JPHY
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.45%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$3.2bn	$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+1.2%	+2.1%
What it tracks	Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	31%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

+1.2%

HYLB total return, 1 year

+2.1%

JPHY total return, 1 year

0.05%

HYLB expense ratio

0.45%

JPHY expense ratio

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HYLB and JPHY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. HYLB follows Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index and JPHY follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 31% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026).
Cost. HYLB charges 0.05% of assets a year and JPHY 0.45%, a gap of 0.40 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYLB and JPHY hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HYLB JPHY

BHCCN 10 04/15/32 144A, due Apr 15, 2032 0.53% 0.63%

TRACTD 6.5 05/01/31 144A, due May 1, 2031 0.40% 0.44%

QUIKHO 6.375 03/01/32 144A, due Mar 1, 2032 0.35% 0.46%

DISH 11.75 11/15/27 144A, due Nov 15, 2027 0.32% 0.54%

NXST 6.5 09/15/33 144A, due Sep 15, 2033 0.29% 0.65%

CHTR 4.75 03/01/30 144A, due Mar 1, 2030 0.25% 0.73%

EMECLI 6.625 12/15/30 144A, due Dec 15, 2030 0.25% 0.71%

TDG 6.375 03/01/29 144A, due Mar 1, 2029 0.24% 0.25%

CCL 5.75 08/01/32 144A, due Aug 1, 2032 0.26% 0.23%

BWY 7.875 04/15/30 144A, due Apr 15, 2030 0.22% 0.53%

CHTR 5 02/01/28 144A, due Feb 1, 2028 0.22% 0.43%

CHTR 4.5 08/15/30 144A, due Aug 15, 2030 0.22% 0.22%

Only in HYLB

TIBX 6.5 03/31/29 144A, due Mar 31, 2029 0.35%

TIBX 9 09/30/29 144A, due Sep 30, 2029 0.33%

HBGCN 7.25 06/15/30 144A, due Jun 15, 2030 0.29%

TIHLLC 7.125 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.28%

VENLNG 9.5 02/01/29 144A, due Feb 1, 2029 0.28%

ASUCOR 8.375 02/01/34 144A, due Feb 1, 2034 0.28%

CNC 4.625 12/15/29, due Dec 15, 2029 0.28%

CRWV 9.75 10/01/31 144A, due Oct 1, 2031 0.25%

Only in JPHY

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., due Feb 1, 2033 1.03%

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., due May 15, 2027 0.82%

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, due Aug 17, 2027 0.75%

American Airlines, Inc., due Apr 20, 2029 0.71%

GFL Environmental, Inc., due Sep 1, 2028 0.62%

DISH DBS Corp., due Jul 1, 2026 0.59%

DISH DBS Corp., due Dec 1, 2026 0.58%

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, due Apr 1, 2027 0.57%

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On the same fields

HYLB

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

JPHY

JPMorgan Active High Yield ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Xtrackers JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +1.2% +2.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.6% (IUSB) +1.2% (USHY)

Gap to its benchmark +2.8 pts vs IUSB +0.9 pts vs USHY

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.45%

Holdings 1277 574

Net assets, HYLB as of Oct 19, 2026 and JPHY as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.2bn $2.2bn

HYLB and JPHY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About HYLB

HYLB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year.

About JPHY

JPHY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.1% with distributions reinvested, against +1.2% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYLB or JPHY?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and JPHY +2.1%.
Which is cheaper, HYLB or JPHY?: HYLB is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HYLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HYLB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗JPHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JPHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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